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Thursday, May 6, 2010

Books Make a Difference

BlogHer and BookRenter, a company that rents textbooks to college students, have joined forces because we know that books makes a difference.

From May 3-28, together we are working to make a difference in children's lives by generating new books for children who need them most -- via the nonprofit organization First Book.

Want to help? For every answer we receive in the comments to the following question, one book will be donated: Post Comments here

What book has had the greatest impact on your life?
That's right: All you need to do is leave a comment, and BookRenter will donate a book to a child in need -- up to 1,000 books.

Want to help even more? You can blog about our campaign, then add the specific URL of your post to Mr. Linky and we'll add another book to the tally.

Because books really do a make a difference.

For me when I was little I read Dr. Seuss books like they were going out of style, I remeber my third grade teacher reading Little House in the Big Woods and bringing in Maple Sugar candy for us to eat, Whn I was about 13 I discovered the Trixie Belden Series and had to read everyone that I could, later in my teen years, Iwent through a stage when I read everything that Stephen King wrote. As an Adult I have come to love the Bible for not only my religious beliefs but for the literary aspects as well.

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Book Review of Buttercream Bump Off by Jenn McKinlay

Buttercream Bump Off by Jenn McKinlay

From Goodreads.comMelanie Cooper and Angie DeLaura's Fairy Tale Cupcakes bakery is gearing up for Valentine's Day. Unfortunately someone has iced Baxter Malloy on his first date with Mel's mother. Now Mom's a suspect, and Mel and Angie need to find time around frosting to dig into the man's shady past and discover who served him his just desserts.

My Take: I read the first book in this series when it first came out then bought this book which is the second in the series and promptly forgot about it. Now there ar four other books in this series and I have some serious catching up to do. I immediately bought the second book in this series because I really liked the first book. Here is the link to my review for Sprinkled with Murder.

In this book Melanie's mother goes out on a date with a very successful business man. While she is changing her clothes he is murdered. Melanie's mother becomes the prime suspect of course but she quickly becomes second when the son of the man becomes the prime suspect because they have a bad relationship. The son is a drummer of a huge rock band and starts to date Angie. Tate and Melanie are concerned because Roach is the prime suspects. There are also plenty of other suspects as the man made all his money off of other people and scammed them and alot of people lost alot of money. This book had some funny parts which mostly involved their interaction with other bakeries. I will be trying to catch up with the series.

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All reviews on this blog are either from my personal library of books or from books provided to me for review. I have not received any payment for these reviews and I am not required to write a positive review.

Book Review or Book Spotlight, What's the dif?

I have been posting something I have been calling a Book Spotlight. How is this different from a review? A Review is when I have read the book either entirely or mostly and I feel that I can write an opinion on the book based on my experience with the book. I either have a physical copy of the book or audio or e-book. A Spotlight is when I haven't actually read the book but I want to bring attention to it so others are aware of it. I sometimes have a copy of the book but just haven't gotten around to reading it yet. I may just like the author and intend on getting a copy of the book soon. Most spotlights include a summary taken from Amazon.com or Goodreads.com.